S6 EP179: Isabel Pillings: Hospital Birth + Freebirth + Surprise Breech / After-pains, Trust + Healing
Positive Birth Australia · Skye Waters
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Show Notes
Today’s episode follows the unfolding of Isabel’s journey - a woman who has walked through the fire of transformation with each birth she’s experienced.
Her first child was born within the structured walls of a hospital, a beginning shaped by uncertainty and the quiet realisation that something vital was missing.
Her second arrived in the stillness of the forest - a freebirth that called her to trust her body in a way she never had before.
And her third, a surprise breech born into water, became the deepest surrender of all - a birth that cracked her open and rewrote everything she thought she knew.
This is a story of becoming. Of leaning into birth as teacher, mirror, and medicine… and coming home to herself in the process.
Show Notes:
Instagram:
Birth Affirmations & Meditations:
- PBA Sacred Birth Affirmations Track
- PBA Journey With Intentions Track
- (Used by Isabel throughout her pregnancy, labour, and postpartum.)
Podcasts:
- The Life Stylist Podcast with Luke Storey - episode featuring Janice Barcello
- Free Birth Society Podcast
Books:
- Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susun S. Weed
- (Find it on Booktopia / Amazon / your local bookstore)
Postpartum Support:
- Blissful Herbs Tinctures
- (Placenta Release, After-Pain Ease, Stop Bleeding)
Breastfeeding Support Tools:
- Silverette Nursing Cups (Silver Nipple Cups)
Mentioned in this episode:
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